Advanced Power Management - Supermicro X11DSF-E User Manual

Super X11DSF-E User's Manual

1.8 Advanced Power Management

The following new advanced power management features are supported by the motherboard.
Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager (IPNM)
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Intel's Intelligent Power Node Manager (IPNM) provides your system with real-time thermal
control and power management for maximum energy efficiency. Although IPNM Specification
Version 2.0/3.0 is supported by the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller), your system
must also have IPNM-compatible Management Engine (ME) firmware installed to use this
feature.
Note: Support for IPNM 2.0/3.0 support is dependent on the power supply used in
the system.
Management Engine (ME)
The Management Engine, which is an ARC controller embedded in the IOH (I/O Hub), provides
Server Platform Services (SPS) to your system. The services provided by SPS are different
from those provided by the ME on client platforms.
Intel® QuickAssist Technology
Built upon the architecture of Intel 81xx/61xx/51xx/41xx/31xx processors and the Intel C627
chipset, the X11DSF-E supports Intel® QuickAssist Technology (Intel QAT), which offers
high-profile security and compression acceleration to standard server platforms in a software-
defined infrastructure.
By eliminating unneeded roadblocks, Intel QAT accelerates computation-intensive operations;
provides a software-enabled foundation for security, authentication and compression; and
significantly increases performance and efficiency across applications and platforms, including
cryptography, symmetric encryption and authentication, asymmetric encryption, digital
signature, pattern matching, and lossless data compression.
With Intel QuickAssist Technology built in, the X11DSF is optimized for the use and deployment
of integrated accelerators in networking and security applications, and efficiently meets the
complex demands of High-Performance Computing (HPC), Virtualization, storage, and big
data platforms.
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